#9B5CE6#9B5CE6

#9B5CE6 is a mid, highly saturated violet. Relative luminance 0.203; OKLCH L 61.1% C 0.202 H 301.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 5.07:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#9B5CE6
RGB	rgb(155, 92, 230)
HSL	hsl(267, 73%, 63%)
HSV	hsv(267, 60%, 90%)
CMYK	cmyk(32.6%, 60%, 0%, 9.8%)
CIE-LAB	lab(52.21, 52.44, -60.66)
CIE-LCH	lch(52.21, 80.18, 310.84°)
OKLab	oklab(61.05% 0.1063 -0.1719)
OKLCH	oklch(61.05% 0.202 301.7)
XYZ	xyz(31.6243, 20.3359, 77.1067)
Luminance	0.2034 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	violet

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#9B5CE6 #A7E65C

analogous

#5C62E6 #9B5CE6 #E05CE6

triadic

#9B5CE6 #E69B5C #5CE69B

tetradic

#9B5CE6 #E65C62 #A7E65C #5CE6E0

square

#9B5CE6 #E65C62 #A7E65C #5CE6E0

split-complementary

#9B5CE6 #E6E05C #62E65C

monochromatic

#5D1BAD #7A27DE #9B5CE6 #BC91EE #DCC6F6

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.14

#9B5CE6 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

5.07

#9B5CE6 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #9B5CE6

5.07:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##9B5CE6	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##9B5CE6	1.00	4.14	5.07	5.07
#FFFFFF	4.14	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	5.07	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#017CEA

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#327CE3

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#8C7998

Achromatopsia (no color)

#7D7D7D

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #9b5ce6;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(155, 92, 230);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(61.1% 0.202 301.7);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#bd8def',
    500: '#9b5ce6',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #9b5ce6;
$custom-light: #bd8def;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#9b5ce6",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 155,
    "g": 92,
    "b": 230
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 267.391,
    "s": 73.404,
    "l": 63.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.61052,
    "c": 0.20215,
    "h": 301.7
  },
  "luminance": 0.20336
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#9B5CE6

secondary

#D1E8B6

accent

#D6107B

background

#FCF8FE

surface

#F8F0FD

border

#D1CBD5

text

#120C16

muted

#817D84

Preview Lab

Preview with #9B5CE6

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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